For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty… — Paul Cook Copy Share Image
This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and… — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've lived on a military base and in a convent boarding school with dobermans at the bottom of front stairs to keep… — Kit Reed Copy Share Image
The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Some people have criticized the United States and the United States military for guarding oil fields and not guarding the Iraqi National… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“There should be a public outcry about what happened to me and other women in the name of our government! But history… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exempted from active military… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of a Middle Eastern citizen, Americans look like a bully forcing our way of life on the Islamic way… — John Updike Copy Share Image
It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“National service sounds like a utopian concept for social leveling, and it might be, if it were applied fairly. Those who call… — Bob Scales Copy Share Image
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The human interest, and the natural interest, and the spiritual interest of this planet need to begin to take a priority over… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
[Ayn] Rand accepts that when she supports military conscription, even indirectly. Also, she starts her politics from the premise that the State… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Within the United States especially, the often violent response to nonviolent forms of youth protests must be analyzed within the framework of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died.… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I've never understood why anyone would want to join the army, but that's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that, as… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
We see a more assertive Russia, which has implemented a very significant military buildup over several years, and a Russia which has… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the… — David Jones Copy Share Image
And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering post-traumatic stress disorder as, at the… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
When I first went to jail in 1960 with seven classmates trying to use their public library against the backdrop of my… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix… — Moshe Dayan Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
In this era of uncertainty and conflict, the United States - blessed with the world's strongest military, most ingenious economy, and most… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Veterans come out of the military with a wide range of skills and the best training in the world. They shouldn't be… — Conor Lamb Copy Share Image
You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
Military cemeteries around the world are packed with brainwashed dead soldiers who were convinced God was on their side. America prays for… — George Carlin Copy Share Image